Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Stock Short Interest Report for October

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,223 shares, a growth of 84.4% from the September 30th total of 12,049 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 25,376 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

A hedge fund recently bought a new position in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF stock. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund bought 101,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,291,000. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF accounts for 4.5% of Stillwater Private Wealth LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest position. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC owned about 1.08% of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF stock opened at $64.54 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $678.32 million, a PE ratio of 11.60 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a 50-day moving average of $61.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $56.30. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF has a 12-month low of $45.32 and a 12-month high of $64.70.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 28th were paid a dividend of $0.2415 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 28th. This is a positive change from Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.1856. This represents a $0.97 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%.

About Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

The Alpha Architect US Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an active, equal-weighted portfolio of US value stocks, screened for forensic accounting and earnings quality. QVAL was launched on Oct 22, 2014 and is issued by Alpha Architect.